Those involved in the field of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence are well aware of 'Machine Learning'. Here we bring to you 16 ebooks on the discipline, which are free to read and download!

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Saturday, November 16, 2013:
Are you interested in the intense, lucrative and adventurous field of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence? Well although they sounds astonishing, but there is indeed a lot of hard work required to excel in these streams. If you too are planning to kick start your career in one of these or if you are already studying and require some resources, here we bring some help with 16 absolutely free ebooks on Machine Learning! Make awesome robots!

The LION Way: Machine Learning plus Intelligent Optimizationby Roberto Battiti, Mauro Brunato - Lionsolver, Inc., 2013The introduction of the book says, “Learning and Intelligent Optimization (LION) is the combination of learning from data and optimization applied to solve complex problems. This book is about increasing the automation level and connecting data directly to decisions and actions.”

A Course in Machine Learningby Hal Daumé III - ciml.info, 2012The introduction of the book says, “This is a set of introductory materials that covers most major aspects of modern machine learning (supervised and unsupervised learning, large margin methods, probabilistic modeling, etc.). It's focus is on broad applications with a rigorous backbone.”

A First Encounter with Machine Learningby Max Welling - University of California Irvine, 2011The introduction of the book says, “The book you see before you is meant for those starting out in the field of machine learning, who need a simple, intuitive explanation of some of the most useful algorithms that our field has to offer. A prelude to the more advanced text books.”

Bayesian Reasoning and Machine Learningby David Barber - Cambridge University Press, 2011The introduction of the book says, “The book is designed for final-year undergraduate students with limited background in linear algebra and calculus. Comprehensive and coherent, it develops everything from basics to advanced techniques within the framework of graphical models.”

The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Predictionby T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani, J. Friedman - Springer, 2009The introduction of the book says, “This book brings together many of the important new ideas in learning, and explains them in a statistical framework. The authors emphasize the methods and their conceptual underpinnings rather than their theoretical properties.”

Reinforcement Learningby C. Weber, M. Elshaw, N. M. Mayer - InTech, 2008The introduction of the book says, “This book describes and extends the scope of reinforcement learning. It also shows that there is already wide usage in numerous fields. Reinforcement learning can tackle control tasks that are too complex for traditional controllers.”

How Are We To Know?by Nils J. Nilsson - Stanford University, 2006The introduction of the book says, “This book is about beliefs -- how we get them and how we evaluate them. It takes the form of a fictional conversation among three people and Gio, an intelligent robot. The level of exposition is neither technical nor deeply philosophical.”

Reinforcement Learning: An Introductionby Richard S. Sutton, Andrew G. Barto - The MIT Press, 1998The introduction of the book says, “The book provides a clear and simple account of the key ideas and algorithms of reinforcement learning. It covers the history and the most recent developments and applications. The only necessary mathematical background are concepts of probability.”

Gaussian Processes for Machine Learningby Carl E. Rasmussen, Christopher K. I. Williams - The MIT Press, 2005The introduction of the book says, “Gaussian processes provide a principled, practical, probabilistic approach to learning in kernel machines. The treatment is comprehensive and self-contained, targeted at researchers and students in machine learning and applied statistics.”

Machine Learning, Neural and Statistical Classificationby D. Michie, D. J. Spiegelhalter - Ellis Horwood, 1994The introduction of the book says, “The book provides a review of different approaches to classification, compares their performance on challenging data-sets, and draws conclusions on their applicability to realistic industrial problems. A wide variety of approaches has been taken.”

Introduction To Machine Learningby Nils J Nilsson, 1997The introduction of the book says, “This book concentrates on the important ideas in machine learning, to give the reader sufficient preparation to make the extensive literature on machine learning accessible. The author surveys the important topics in machine learning circa 1996.”

Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithmsby David J. C. MacKay - Cambridge University Press, 2003The introduction of the book says, “A textbook on information theory, Bayesian inference and learning algorithms, useful for undergraduates and postgraduates students, and as a reference for researchers. Essential reading for students of electrical engineering and computer science.”